I ride with my headlights on all the time, which is one of the reasons I have installed HID lighting on my rides and as brighter HID's as I can get here. I also like to wear a light coloured helmet and opted for a white coloured Jetmax in the end, even though I wanted a black one initially. My previous CF250T-Fashion VIP was also white. Unfortunately I had very limited choice for my Dragstar Classic, it only was available in black. Darker colours blend in more with the surroundings, while lighter/brighter colours stand out more. So if one is considering motorcycle clothing, helmets, motorcycle colours etc. opt for a lighter colour close to the whiter shades of the colour spectrum. Another thing I have done is applied a lot of extra reflective tape in strategic areas on my vehicles, some of this has been cut into customised shapes to blend in with lines and aesthetics of my motos. It might be of little use during the day but in dark situations it will present a larger identifiable profile to a light source ie. other vehicle user provided they have their headlights on.

I use my horn on all my vehicles in China with gusto, and it has saved me from the potential of accidents numerous times. I also ride/drive passive/aggressively even though I don't like it, it's the only way in China if one doesn't want to be pushed aside especially on a motorcycle. I also have replaced my horns on all vehicles with two tone type electronic air horns, that way others around me think they are dealing with something bigger or in the case where I might have been seen, they might think just for a moment that this motorcycle is not an ordinary motorcycle and they'd be right, and duly take a little more care/effort.

80-90% of a motorcycles braking force is achieved via the application of the front brakes, though initially one should also apply the rear brake which will apply a transfer of weight towards the front of the motorcycle, which in turn increases the amount of front tyre contact and applicable friction characteristics when the front brake is applied. Under emergency braking though, given humans innate flight/fight response it's better to focus on application of the front brakes and forget about the rear brake application altogether which most of us would tend to press down on too-hard in a panic with resultant rear wheel lock-up and consequence slide which is not good. Having the rear wheel turning also tends to provide more stability so without the application of the rear brake in emergency/panic braking on a motorcycle the continued momentum of the rear wheel will help keep the bike upright, with less likely hood of sliding sideways. Application of the clutch is something that should be done too, even though logic might suggest that one uses engine braking to assist in the emergency situation, this is not completely correct. Throttling off will provide some initial deceleration forces, but only momentarily, after a short period though the engine will then resist deceleration, which means that application of the brakes is fighting against this force too.

Tips for braking on a motorcycle
Motorcycle braking and skid marks